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Empire of Japan

Historical empire, Eastern Asia (1868-1947)

The Empire of Japan, also called Imperial Japan, was the period of Japanese history spanning 79 years, from the Meiji Restoration on 3 January 1868 to the ratification of the Constitution of Japan on 3 May 1947. From August 1910 to September 1945 it included mainland Japan, Okinawa, the Kurils, Karafuto, Korea and Taiwan. Under the slogans Enrich the Country, Strengthen the Armed Forces and Promote Industry it industrialised and militarised very fast, and in the 1920s and 1930s militarism and nationalism rose until Japan joined the Axis alliance. It surrendered on 2 September 1945, and its territory then shrank to mainland Japan.

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Classification
Sovereignty Status
Historical or Dissolved State 1
Independence or Founding Year
1868 1
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Empire of Japan

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Boxer Rebellion

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Second Sino-Japanese War

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Kim Whanki

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Tatsumi Hijikata

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Yasujiro Ozu

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Yayoi Kusama

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Mitsubishi A6M Zero

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Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa

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Arisaka

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Arisaka Type 99 Rifle

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Experimental Model 2 submachine gun

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Guntō

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Hino-Komuro pistol

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Lunge mine

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Murata Rifle

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Type 1 heavy machine gun

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Type 100 submachine gun

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Type 11 light machine gun

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Type 3 heavy machine gun

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Type 30 bayonet

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Type 30 rifle

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Type 38 rifle

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Type 4 rifle

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Type 44 carbine

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Type 92 heavy machine gun

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Type 93 heavy machine gun

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Type 93 Torpedo

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Type 95 torpedo

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Type 96 light machine gun

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Type 97 aircraft machine gun

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Type 97 automatic cannon

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Type 97 heavy tank machine gun

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Type 97 sniper rifle

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Type 99 Light Machine Gun

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Anglo-Japanese Alliance

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Source Anglo-Japanese Alliance (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph
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was an alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Japan which was effective from 1902 to 1923
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1. Empire of Japan (Wikipedia)
  • Lead (independence-year)
    starting with the Meiji Restoration on 3 January 1868
  • Lead (sovereignty-status)
    ending with ratification of the Constitution of Japan on 3 May 1947
  • On Continent: Asia, Lead
    it included mainland Japan, Okinawa, the Kurils, Karafuto, Korea, and Taiwan
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